1. Exercise Sandalwood: London Region
Mike Long, Head of Service Resilience
Participants Briefing

2. Operations Assets Reputation Background
Requirement to understand and rehearse our new corporate role in Incident Management;
Develop arrangements for seamless integration with wider NHS incident response;
Safeguard Corporate;
Operations
Assets
Personnel, Premises, Information, Equipment
Reputation

3. Exercise Scope
Executive Directors
Invited Corporate Leads / Functions
Regional Director and Team
Local Area Team as agreed
No external entities / partners are planned to be included for this exercise however, further consideration will be given to this and decisions made at end of Nov.

4. Rehearsal and Learning Exercise
Aim
Rehearsal and Learning Exercise
Ability to recognise the point at which strategic oversight of an incident is required;
Balance appropriate corporate focus on incident management and the “day job”;
Receiving briefings and responding to requests appropriately;
Consider the regional and corporate aspects
Understanding when and where we would need to interface with partner agencies and DH

5. Objectives
Provide a platform for Company Staff and Executive Team to rehearse/experience incident management with our new arrangements.
Considering effectiveness of coordination and management efforts and the locations of staff involved.
Rehearse the management of a significant incident at the strategic “Gold” Company level, identifying and determining:
critical decision making requirements
timeliness of these decisions within a complex environment
Utilize experiences of staff with balanced approach to appropriate new system expected and required responses
Identify future Incident response training needs for staff.
Provide evidence as part of an exercise programme that assures the Department of Health and NHS Partners that NHS Property Services is effective in its role in incident management.

6. Format
The format for the exercise will be a Command Post Exercise with staff involved at various locations, mainly 120 the Broadway, Wimbledon.
The incident will create strategic issues and operational challenges to work through and structure responses
Briefings and information requests are set in a safe yet time pressured environment.
Feedback will be required from the “Incident Management Team” at the end of the exercise.
During time outs / exercise play will cease.

7. Exercise Location and Contact Details
120 The Broadway, Wimbledon (primary location)
Rooms 2.1 and 2.4 on second floor
Lower Marsh (Regional and Comms participation)
Other company specialists as required.
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Contact details of exercise participants
All relevant contact numbers provided on the day in printed form.